Assistant Manager Human Resource – South Sudan at Equity Bank Kenya

Responsibilities for the HR Business Partner Job

• Develop specific people agenda to support business strategy
• Ensure staff productivity by implementing performance management and reward strategy
• Manage staff retention through attrition trend analysis and advising appropriate interventions to minimise business impact.
• Review manpower plans for allocated business units and ensure that they are updated as appropriate.
• Participate in the acquisition of talent by ensuring the right job profiles conducting interviews and onboarding.
• Support the General Manager in formulating and implementing value adding strategic HR Functional plans that deliver business results
• Support the General Manager and in liaison with the Centre Of Excellence colleagues to deliver best practice, customer and solution focused HR function, on:
• Performance Management
• Rewards Management
• Recruitment, Retention And Contract Management
• Training Needs Analysis And Capability Building
• Employee Inductions And Deployment
•  Talent Management and Succession Planning
• Change Management
• Provide professional and timely employee relations advice and guidance to managers and colleagues. Provide coaching and support as required, and be comfortable influencing and challenging where appropriate.
• Interpret and provide advice on HR policy and variations across the Business Unit or Division, supporting managers in the practical implementation of HR policies, employment legislation and best practice.
• Provide advice and guidance for disciplinary hearings and other types of hearings and where appropriate offer advice and guidance to the panel.
• Support in managing organizational change, redundancy and redeployment, in line with legislation, policy and good practice.
• To develop the competence framework and ensure the development of the right skills to support business performance
• To coordinate and influence the development of a performance culture through effective implementation of integrated performance management with appropriate measures of success.
• Co-ordinate and at times administer the training and development projects and plans (activities include training needs assessments and mitigations)

Qualifications

•  Degree in Business Management or related field with ideally a HND in HR
• Knowledge of HR with a minimum of deep knowledge in 2 HR practice areas
• Ideally 3-5 years’ work experience within the HR function directly in, or closely supporting, executive and/or line operations.
• Service Orientation -responsive to client needs, questions and concerns in an accurate timely manner.

Skills Requirements and Attributes

• Assertive and able to challenge the status quo.
• Highly driven with ability to set stretching goals for self and team while continually pushing for results.
• Analytical skills, strong people management skills and customer focus with proven ability to build and sustain effective relationships across the organization
• Ability to communicate effectively at different levels and across cultures
• Attention to details and follow through on assignments to completion

Complexity and Judgement

• Accumulate bits of information to diagnose and anticipate business challenges. Trends are noticed and proactivity applied in support of Business strategy.
• Plan and carry out sequential projects while considering contingencies and alternatives.

Closing Date :Feb 15, 2022